Catherine Curtis Baywork Vice-Chair Workforce Reliability Manager, SFPUC
Greetings from California! Some statistics about CA wastewater treatment operators from Levi Fuller, a BAYWORK Executive Committee member: • About 30% of certified operators in California are over 56 years old • About 56% are over 46 years • 38% of Grade IV and Grade V Operators are over 56 years old • The certification exam passing rate for Grades 1 thru 3 seems to be good at about 65 -70% • The exam passing rate for the Grade IV and Grade V exams seems to be declining. Only about 15.5% of operators passed the most recent Grade IV and V exams. His take away: The industry needs to invest more resources in helping existing operators pass the Grade IV and Grade V exams. The “Silver Tsunami” for plant operators in California is still a concern for our industry.
BAYWORK a Regional Consortium South San Francisco & San Bruno Wastewater Treatment Plant
BAYWORK Roadmap
Mission- Cr itic al Jobs Waste wate r T r e atme nt E le c tr ic ian Ope r ator E le c tr onic Mainte nanc e Wate r Distr ibution T e c hnic ian/ Instr ume nt Ope r ator T e c hnic ian Wate r T r e atme nt Ope r ator E ngine e r Waste wate r Colle c tions Mac hinist/ Me c hanic Ope r ator 5
Organizational Development Milestones FY13-14 FY15-16 FY12-13 FY14-15 FY 08-09 FY09-10 FY10-11 FY11-12 FY16-17 FY17-18 Four Task Force Members BAYWORK Kick-off Meeting Creation of BAYWORK Charter First BAYWORK Strategic Planning Meeting Adoption of BAYWORK Business Plan and Fee Structure 24 17 24 34 0 14 27 0 0 14 Number of Signatories
What’s In It For You? Principles you can apply to your own opportunities for collaboration Products available from the BAYWORK website
BAYWORK Principles Research-Based Action Continuous Innovation Cost-Effectiveness through Collaboration Knowledge-Sharing Among Peers Commitment to the Industry as a Whole
Research-Based Action BAYWORK’s Career Roadmap reflects research done by BAYWORK with community colleges to determine what knowledge students need in order to be successful in vocational training programs
Car e e r Pathways Pr oje c t: A Re gional Appr oac h to E mploye r - Dr ive n T r aining in Wate r Utilitie s
A 6-county survey of water and wastewater utilities to: • Understand anticipated hiring needs • Identify barriers to hiring • Confirm skills, credentials required for high need roles A survey of Bay Area community college programs to: • Measure the current supply of qualified candidates in targeted programs/occupations • Analyze gaps in career pathways from high school to journey level employment
After a close analysis of 9 mission-critical occupations, 3 rose to the top as high need, high volume and challenging to hire for: • Electrician/Electrician technician • Mechanic/Machinist • Electronic Maintenance Tech/Instrument Tech These roles cut across multiple sectors, adding to hiring competition, and maximizing the potential impact of career pathways programs.
1. Increase awareness of industry and trades 2. Increase readiness of youth and other job seekers for trades 3. Increase classroom training capacity 4. Increase entry level job opportunities for mission-critical positions 5. Address financial barriers to training leading to the trades
Continuous Innovation Workshops on Wheels City of Hayward East Bay Workshop on Wheels SFPUC South Bay Workshop on Wheels Las Gallinas Oro Loma
Workshop on Wheels on the Peninsula 2 48 water and wastewater professionals from 24 agencies visited five Peninsula facilities in September, 2017
Using Technology to Teach
Workshop on Effective Use of Technology
Knowledge Transfer Toolkit http://knowledge.baywork.org/
Knowledge Transfer Toolkit Goal of Toolkit The goal of this Knowledge Transfer Toolkit is to help water/wastewater agencies learn from each other. • On-line interactive book • Provides direct on- line links to specific resources.
Knowledge Transfer Toolkit
Knowledge Transfer Toolkit Knowledge Sharing Systems
On-Line Interactive Guidebook
Contextualized Learning Guidebook “Air and Why We Should Care” video “Tiny Bubbles” video
Contextualized Learning Project
Contextualized Learning Project Each component is accessible, printable, and ready to use in a classroom.
Cost-Effectiveness through Collaboration BAYWORK Training Buffet Pick and choose classes Instructors from many utilities Contact hour credits
Collaboration Among Utilities
Utility/ NGO Colla bora tion 28
Collaboration with Community College System
Sharing Our Knowledge City of Hayward East Bay Workshop on Wheels South Bay Workshop on Wheels Las Gallinas Oro Loma
Website Resources Page baywork.org/resources
Website Resources - Videos baywork.org/videos
Videos of Staff Telling Their Stories Spanish version Spanish version
Website Resources baywork.org/resources
Resource Materials Available on Website You don’t have to be there to win
Commitment to the Industry All resources open source Available to utility staff on any inch of the globe
Working Locally
Trying to Help Wherever We Can
All Materials Downloadable A;; 11/2 05/13
Top Ten Pages Visited In 2017 Find Training Resources Careers Home Page Jobs and Locations Internships 1,806 2,954 10,991 14,764 3,206 Electronic Water Wastewater Instrumentation Job Map Maintenance Treatment Treatment and Control Technician / Instrument Tech Operator Operator (I&C) Engineer 2,566 2,421 2,397 1,763 2,421
Website an International Resource 2,435 Average website visits per month 2017 14,955 Unique visitors to date
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